1/13/2016. Welcome! SAT Test Changes and ACT Updates. PSAT Score Return. Next Steps. PSAT Score Return Timeline. Test Changes Timeline

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1 Welcome! PSAT Score Return SAT Test Changes and ACT Updates Test Changes Timeline PSAT Score Return Timeline PSAT Scores Back SAT: Last Current Test SAT: New Test Launches 1 st New SAT Scores Back Scores Delivered Electronically to Counselors January 6th Students Receive Electronic Access to Scores the Next Day* Hard Copies of Scores Mailed to Schools mid-late January ACT Test Date ACT Test Date Jan2016 Feb2016 Mar2016 Apr2016 May2016 PSAT Score Report Highlights Length Your Skills Old PSAT New PSAT 1 Page 4 Pages Includes Cross-Test and Subscores With Additional Detail New PSAT Score Report Your Answers and Additional Hard Copy Score Reports My College QuickStart 2 Copies Mailed to Schools Recommendations My Road + Big Future AP Potential 1 Copy Mailed to Schools 1

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3 Number & Operations Trig Careers Trig PSAT & New SAT Scoring SAT: Timing 3 hours, 50 minutes PSAT/NMSQT: Composite Score Range Scoring Now scored on a scale of 1600 Evidence-Based Reading & Writing Math New optional Essay scored separately No guessing penalty 4 answer choices Reading Passage Topics Reading and Writing combined Evidencebased Reading & Writing Section Reading details: No sentence completions Passage topics include US and World, History/Social Studies, and ( words) 65 minutes Writing and Language details: Focus on extended prose ( words) 35 minutes Current SAT New SAT ACT Math Skills Tested Math Section Three areas of concentrated focus: Problem solving and data analysis The Heart of Passport to Advanced Math Math fluency emphasized 25 minutes without a Calculator 55 minutes with a Calculator Multi-part questions Current SAT New SAT ACT 3

4 Rigor & The New SAT CURRENT SAT MATH The percent increase from 6 to 16 is equal to the percent increase from 12 to what number? (A) 16 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 32 (E) 36 Word Count = 18 NEW SAT MATH According to the Project on Student Debt prepared by The Institute for College Access and Success, 7 out of 10 students graduating in 2012 from a four-year college in the United States had student loan debt. The average amount borrowed per student was $29,400, which is up from $18,750 in If student debt experiences the same total percent increase over the next eight years, approximately how much will a college student graduating in 2020 owe, assuming she takes out student loans to pay for her education? A)$40,100 B)$44,300 C) $46,100 D) $48,200 Word Count = 87 Essay Essay is optional 50 minutes Requires students to analyze a word document and explain how the author builds an argument 3 Scores (2-8) Reading Analysis Writing 13%* of Colleges Will Require the New SAT Essay Anderson University (IN) California Institute of Technology Claremont McKenna College College of Southern Nevada Dartmouth College Duke University Emory University Harvard College Howard University Marlboro College (VT) Pennsylvania College of Technology Prince George s Community College Princeton University Rice University Stanford University Texas A&M University University of California Schools University of South Florida University of St. Andrews (UK) University of Texas at Austin Yale University Neither require nor recommend Conn College Fairfield Quinnipiac St. Vincent s Trinity Updated ACT Overview Scoring Math Reading Essay No changes to 1-36 scoring More probability & statistics New paired passages Requires analysis of 3 different perspectives 40 minutes long New SAT and ACT: Top 5 Key Differences Scoring Details ACT? New SAT? What s the Difference? 1. The New SAT has a greater focus on History & Social Studies passages, while the ACT requires more Science reading. 2. Both focus on, but the New SAT has a greater emphasis on Data Analysis & Problem Solving. 3. Both essays are optional, but the New SAT essay requires additional text analysis. 4. The New SAT has a No Calculator Math section. 5. The New SAT Math section has grid-in questions and Item Sets. First New SAT administration 21 days + up to 4 weeks for scores to be available New SAT Concordance tables Released in January for the PSAT and May for the SAT New and Old SAT scores Most schools will accept both scores for a 3-year transition period Virginia Tech will only accept the new SAT 4

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